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... ravioli next, chicken tomato and chips, then tiramisu for dessert. Didn't eat the dessert. White wine and moscato. Really lovely meal and good company. Rosie and Shaun, Toni, Barb, Giselle, a family of 4 mum, daughter, son and another not sure of their names yet. Brendan is the boy. Gave him my tiramisu he's fussy with his food but loves his dessert. Back across the lagoon to our hotel and another early start tomorrow.... Katelyn getting my cold. ...

... to this hotel but unfortunately George was not arriving that day!!

We ended the afternoon with a drink and caught the boat back across to Venice to get organised for a lovely seafood dinner. This was a perfect end to a perfect few days in Venice, we are ever so grateful for the hospitality and generosity shown to us and yes we will endevour to visit this beautiful family in their home city Berlin one day.

We definitely got the lay of the land today; got lost MANY different times and found some very enchanting campos and canals. We slowly made our way from the apartment to San Marco square and piazza Ducale. The crowds were thick and the tourist shops were endless, but the area was beautiful once we arrived. We decided to do the one thing that didn't have as big of a line and that was the Campanile (the ...

... cross in all the paintings. This turned out to be "The Relic" which was used referred to in all these paintings. This was a cool little find.

Venturing forth into the Ca' Rezzonico we found it to include a lot of paintings, and frescos which we were running a little dry on. But the Murano Glass chandeliers were absolutely stunning, and have actually peeked our interest in going to the Murano Glass museum if we have ...

The shape of Venice is often compared to that of a fish. With that in mind, the area we stayed in was at the 'head' end, close to where the eye might be found. This area is next to a section once known as the Jewish Ghetto. Jews were not allowed to live in Venice until the early 1500's and they were put into the part that was least desirable near a foundry or 'geto'. And thus was born the word 'ghetto' to describe ...